Defending National Champions Syracuse hold onto the top spot in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll. The perfect 7-0 Orange defeated Wake Forest 4-2 on Sunday. The next 3 spots are also claimed by unbeaten teams with North Carolina dropping to the #5 spot after being defeated by Boston College 2-1 on Friday.
The first NCAA RPI Rankings were released earlier today and Duke claims the top spot on those rankings, which rely on win-loss percentage and strength of schedule. [Check out the NCAA RPI Rankings here]
| Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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| Rank | School | Record |    Points     (1st Votes) | Last Week | Change |
| 1 | Syracuse | (7-0) | 834 (25) | 1 | |
| 2 | Duke | (8-0) | 822 (12) | 2 | |
| 3 | Connecticut | (7-0) | 782 (4) | 5 | +2 |
| 4 | Penn State | (8-0) | 757 (3) | 4 | |
| 5 | North Carolina | (6-2) | 692 | 3 | -2 |
| 6 | Maryland | (5-2) | 601 | 7 | +1 |
| 7 | Louisville | (7-1) | 569 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Michigan | (6-1) | 544 | 8 | |
| 9T | Boston College | (4-3) | 444 | 18 | +9 |
| 9T | Boston University | (7-0) | 444 | 9 | |
| 11 | Northwestern | (6-2) | 413 | 15 | +4 |
| 12 | Delaware | (6-2) | 352 | 12 | |
| 13 | Princeton | (3-2) | 348 | 10 | -3 |
| 14 | Wake Forest | (4-3) | 299 | 11 | -3 |
| 15 | Iowa | (6-2) | 270 | 16 | +1 |
| 16 | Virginia | (4-4) | 239 | 14 | -2 |
| 17 | Old Dominion | (4-3) | 237 | 13 | -4 |
| 18 | Stanford | (2-4) | 112 | 19 | +1 |
| 19 | Maine | (6-2) | 103 | 20 | +1 |
| 20 | Albany | (4-3) | 99 | 17 | -3 |
